By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT — The normally empty parking lot packed with cars prior to the Waldport city council meeting last week and a standing-room only chamber swelled […]
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Expect lots more rain and wind this week, but offshore “bomb cyclone” will miss the central Oregon Coast
An already very wet November will get even wetter and windier this week as the tail end of a so-called “bomb cyclone” far out in the Pacific Ocean sweeps […]
Siletz Tribe completes purchase of 27 acres on Cape Foulweather that was once part of its reservation
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews A multi-year effort involving the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and five other public and private partners has resulted in the Tribe regaining ownership of 27 […]
Forest Service releases proposal to update its 30-year-old plans for Northwest’s federal forests
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal The U.S. Forest Service has released its long-awaited proposal to update the landmark Northwest Forest Plan, but many groups said they were unsure of […]
Oregon Coast CC wins state and board approval to start its first bachelor’s degree program
Oregon Coast Community College has joined a consortium of five other community colleges across the state to offer the first bachelor’s degree program in its 37-year history. The bachelor’s […]
City reopens access to Yachats River beach Saturday after new tests show water is safe
YACHATS – The beach at the mouth of the Yachats River re-opened to the public Saturday after tests results from a city sewage spill a week earlier showed the […]
Eugene woman who survived sneaker wave with granddaughter last year in Yachats returns with warnings
By SUSAN PALMER/YachatsNews Ann Dwyer didn’t see the sneaker wave that almost killed her and her granddaughter on a calm October day one year ago. Dwyer, a retired Eugene […]
New Maritime Heritage Center exhibit explores history of Blacks in the Pacific’s seafaring world
By Oregon Coast TODAY Most accounts of the United States’ maritime enterprises are disproportionately populated by white seafarers. A new exhibit at Newport’s Pacific Maritime Heritage Center, “Take Me […]
Yachats couple open unusual fitness and dance studio in Newport featuring silks and hoops
By GRETCHEN AMMERMAN/Oregon Coast TODAY NEWPORT — The sight was immediately arresting — broad swaths of silk in bold colors cascading from the ceiling in the foreground, large hoops, […]
5 Questions and a Secret: Waldport High’s Jack Boothe helps students in the classroom and on the field
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews Some people are born athletes and born to love sports. Some people are born to love people. Jack Boothe, the head football coach and GEAR UP […]